and sterna. Then have you any bones or skulls of recent 
Land Tortoises which you know come without doubt from the 
Mascarene Islands ? 1 know that a large Land Tortoise still 
lives in the Seychelles, but I have only a very young example. 
“ I trust to he able to send you soon, perhaps by next 
post, an abstract of my papers on these animals. 
“ Yours very truly 
“ A. G-unxhee.” 
3. Une lettre de M. L. Estourgies, attache a l’Observa- 
toire Koval de Eruxellles, proposant de mettre en rapport la 
Soeiete avec la Soeiete Malocologique de Bruxelles. 
4*. Un extrait du compte-rendu de la seance d’un Scienti- 
fic Committee , tenue a Londres en Avril dernier et ou le Dr* 
Hooker fait connaitre los proprietes d’unc Composee, lc JXoto- 
nia ff rand folia, comme etant d’une grande efficacite daus le 
traitement de Thydrophobie. Cette plante existe dans les 
environs de Bombay — et le Secretaire dit avoir ecrit a ce sujet 
a S. H. rOfficier Administrant le Gouvernement et a M. 
llorne, au Jardin des Pamplemousses, lesquels ont promis de 
prendre les mesures necessaires pour l’introduction de cette 
plante a Maurice. 
Le Secretaire dit qu’elle a beaucoup d’affinite avec une 
Composed a tige et feuilles grasses et cultivee dans les jardins 
sous le nom de Jacobce — Qynura auriculata. 
Void Textrait en question : 
“ Dr Hooker read an extract from a letter from Mr 
Woodrow, who stated that a succulent composite, X'otonia 
grand folia had a great reputation in the neighbourhood at 
Bombay, as a cure for hydrophobia. About four months ago, 
Major General Wheeler had written to the Times stating that 
six men under his command had been bitten, that five have 
taken au infusion of the stem of the plant and had been saved 
and that the sixth who refused the remedy died. ” 
